Any Floridian with a cynical bone in his or her body will admit that reggae can be a bit much sometimes. The genre, which slowly crept out of Jamaica in the 1960s before exploding on a worldwide stage in the 1980s and 1990s, is great for Sunday afternoon easy listening, particularly in the summertime. But when every band at every bar within 15 miles of a body of water is playing the same 10 Bob Marley, Sublime and Jimmy Buffett covers, it can quickly get old.

Luckily, Orlando-area quartet The Supervillains have never been content to ride the same reggae rail. Over the last 15 years, they’ve injected enough punk, ska, hip-hop, metal, and Southern swamp rock into their homegrown sound to keep newcomers intrigued, critics appeased, and fans constantly salivating for their ever-evolving tunes. Best of all, Dom Maresco, Scott “Skart” Suldo, Daniel Grundrof and Tom “T-Rex” Moulton possess a fiercely independent attitude that’s all Florida, all fun, and no nonsense at the same time.

Drift: Was The Supervillains the first band you guys put together?

Scott “Skart” Suldo: Oh yeah. Dom, our drummer and singer, and myself, guitar player and the other singer, have been doing this for 15 years. It was just our anniversary — I feel like we’re married [laughs]. But we started like a lot of fired-up kids in high school do: listening to punk like Pennywise and Operation Ivy and just jumping into it. We had some horn players for about eight or nine years, but right now it’s just the four of us without any horns killing it even harder doing our thing. We’ve been on tour with everybody we’ve ever looked up to, from The Wailers to Reel Big Fish to 311 to Pepper, and I think we’ve had a good time. We’ve definitely had crappier jobs, that’s for sure.

Drift: So after 15 years, is The Supervillains full-time for you guys?

SS: Definitely. Dom and I have known each other since the 1st grade, and by high school we just decided we didn’t want to do anything else besides music. Once we made it our careers like that, it just pushed us harder to keep it going. So this far into the game, this is all we do. I’m just pumped to be fortunate enough to play music for a living. Not many musicians get to say that, and I don’ know how long I’ll get to say it. But I can say it right now.

Drift: You guys have always been known for blending genres — not just reggae, punk, and ska, but even hip-hop, metal, and Southern rock. Has that always been The Supervillains’ M.O.?

SS: It’s just what comes out, you know? We’re like a blender. We’re from Florida, and all Floridians know we’re the cultural mixing pot of America. Outsiders might not know it, but we do. Our first lineup was a redneck (me), a freaking loudmouth (Dom), some Puerto Ricans, and a couple of black guys. But throw us all together, and we all got along — and sounded great. A lot of bands get stuck in a rut and think they have to keep putting out that same album, but for us, that’s way too boring. None of us have the attention spans to stick to one genre. It’s a whole lot more fun — and you get a whole lot more out of it — if you throw everything on the table.

Drift: You guys have released eight full-length albums, so you must have figured out how to channel that energy into the studio.

SS: We have, but the recording industry has changed so much — the major labels that, ten years ago, everyone thought were going to kill everything don’t even exist anymore. So our whole new album was recorded and produced in our home studio by ourselves for the first time in 15 years. We have a grasp on what we’re doing as a band better than any producer out there, so from now on we’ll do everything ourselves.

Drift: Any details you can reveal about that next album?

SS: It’s the best representation of what it sounds like when you’re in the room jamming with your buddies. A lot of it was done on our bus while on tour, and once we got home we set up shop and recorded everything else. It’s completely DIY — we own our label, we sign our bands… and rather than be like every other band that puts all their eggs into a basket with an album, since we never stop writing and recording, we’ve been releasing a single a week from the new album through iTunes. That way, every week the fans have something to talk about and we have something new to drop, which is a whole lot easier than just dropping a record and having everyone go rip it online. A lot of fans don’t get it; when they go do that, they’re just walking into our house and stealing our stuff. So this is one way that we can counteract that and still keep everything current. We’re really pumped to be who we are and able to make our own future in the music business in this day and age.

Drift: You only have a few Florida dates planned for this spring. Will The Supervillains tour more in the summer?

SS: Oh yeah, we’re always looking ahead to the next tour. But we’re Floridians, so five or six years ago, we just decided we’d hunker down every winter — maybe go to the Caribbean or something. Hell, it was 17 degrees in New York today and I got a sunburn and caught eight redfish. We love it here.

Drift: The upcoming Florida dates are all in small venues, but you’ve played some bigger festivals too, right?

SS: We’ve done Warped Tour and 311’s Pow Wow Fest. And we did Orlando Calling with Bob Seger in 2012 and got big billing since we’re an Orlando band. Our music is a party, and if you’ve got a party with 20,000 people, it’s going to be an exponentially bigger party. But we also cut our teeth on small venues, so we’re used to playing in packed 500-person rooms, too.

Drift: You mentioned your own label, Rah Rah Rah Records, before. How did that come to fruition?

SS: When we first came up, we were self-releasing all of our stuff. And in 2005, Pepper, who we’ve been good friends since we were all potty training back in the ‘90s, heard our album Grow Your Own and signed us to as the first band on their label, LAW Records. But after touring the world with those guys for five or six years and doing 1,000 shows, we got popular enough that we could do the same thing.

Drift: That’s really cool that you guys are still kicking and doing it your way.

SS: We’re never gonna stop kicking — we’re like a 40-pound redfish [laughs].That’s what being a Floridian is all about: surfing, fishing, music, it all piggybacks. I’m a dreadlocked redneck living in the swamp, and I’ll hear guys like, “Man, I love that reggae. I listen to ya’ll when I’m airboating.” I love that! We’re a different world down here, and if you’re not a Floridian, you have no clue what that’s all about.

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The Supervillains perform on Sunday, Feb. 17 at The Standard, 200 Anastasia Blvd., on the island. The show starts at 8 p.m. with Sidereal, Marcus Russell and DJ Raggamuffin’s Reggae Evolution Radio opening. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 the day of the show, and more information can be found at www.TheStandardFL.com or by calling 342-2187.